Electronic Control Module Test
National Instruments currently offers many computer-based measurement and automation products that aid scientists and engineers in research, design, validation, and production testing of automotive electronics. The links below provide a more detailed list of NI software, data acquisition, signal conditioning, instrument control, switching and real-time control products that you can use to build your electronic control module test system.
NI Software and PXI
- LabVIEW Professional Development System -- With LabVIEW, you can rapidly create measurement and automation applications using intuitive graphical development. LabVIEW integrates measurements, vision and motion in one platform.
- LabVIEW Real-Time -- LabVIEW Real-Time and RT Series hardware deliver deterministic, real-time control needed for electronic control module test systems. You can choose LabVIEW RT Series hardware targets based on PXI and FieldPoint depending on the performance and I/O requirements of your electronic control module test system. These products can also be used for building hardware-in-the-loop and rapid control prototyping systems.
- PXI -- With PXI, you automatically benefit from the low cost, ease-of-use, and flexibility of PC technology using open industry standards. PXI combines the high-speed PCI bus with integrated timing and triggering to deliver more than a 10X performance improvement over older architectures.
Measurement Hardware and Signal Conditioning
Perform your electronic control module measurements faster, more flexibly, more cost-effectively, and with better systems integration using National Instruments measurement hardware and signal conditioning.
- Measurement Hardware -- National Instruments has a variety of measurement hardware products that are applicable to automotive electronics testing. These products include high-speed digitizers, multimeters, DAQ multifunction hardware, sources, digital I/O, counter/timers, and reconfigurable I/O. These products deliver accurate, reliable measurements for a wide variety of desktop, portable, and networked applications.
- SCXI -- NI SCXI is a modular signal conditioning platform for E Series DAQ devices that delivers a wide range of analog and digital conditioning options.
See the Electronic Control Module Test Common Configuration section below for additional information on a typical NI Data Acquisition/SCXI system configuration.
Instrument Control and Connectivity
National Instruments offers a wide selection of industry-standard instrument control and connectivity hardware and software tools to integrate and automate your electronic control module test measurements and reduce development time.
- GPIB -- NI provides industry-standard, high-performance GPIB instrument control for connecting to any GPIB-based device such as programmable load controllers.
- Serial Interface Boards -- National Instruments has long been a leading supplier of serial interfaces (RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485). NI offers a variety of serial hardware and driver software products that are 100 percent compatible with standard PC serial ports.
- CAN Boards -- National Instruments offers a wide variety of CAN hardware, including both low- and high-speed CAN in multi-port configurations
The Electronic Control Module Test Common Configuration is recommended if you need to measure sensors or raw signals, generate voltages or currents, monitor digital lines, or route signals with switching.
Electronic Control Module Test Common Configuration
The configuration below is just one example of how you can combine different hardware options in order to build a core platform for your automotive electronics test system. Please contact us in order to assist you in configuring a test system that fits your needs.
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| Voltage |
Analog Input |
Attenuation, Switching |
NI PXI-6115, 4070 |
SCXI 1127, SCXI-1129 |
| Voltage - Static |
Analog Output |
Isolation |
|
SCXI-1124 |
| Voltage - Waveform |
Analog Output |
|
NI PXI-6115 |
|
| Timing |
Counter/Timer |
Isolation |
NI PXI-6115 |
SCXI 1162 |
| State Monitoring |
Digital Input |
Isolation |
|
SCXI 1162 |
| Load |
GPIB or Digital Output |
Isolation |
|
SCXI 1160, 1161 |
| Control Relays |
Digital Output |
Isolation |
|
SCXI 1163R |
| Drive Switch Inputs |
Digital Output |
Switching |
|
SCXI 1163R |
| Communications |
CAN |
|
NI PXI-8461/2 |
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